Chatterbox Thursday

Morning folks.
A wee bit damp in Glasgow.
Unbelievable I know.

TV. More S4 Line of Duty. Lovely line from the gaffer referencing pans people.

Games. TD2. Didn't get on till after 11 so just mooched about shooting folk at control points etc. Did the Red Rhino fella and got some nice new guns/kit.

Morning all.

I did not watch any TNG last night. Instead on chucked on The Hateful 8, which was enjoyable if long (much like your face). 4*

Today is Car Service Day, which meant braving the wilds of the A23 first-thing. Half-term meant less traffic on the road than usual - I couldn't have planned* it better.

*i didn't plan it.

I just had a sausage roll. Lovely sunny day here.

Whattup party people.

I thought it was Friday for a minute, booo.

I also had a hair cut yesterday, am I scubar? I hope not.

Games: yes- some of that sweet, sweet Arkham Knight. It's a dull Spiderman. That's right, I went there.

TV: watched some of Barry on now TV, it's pretty good. Season 2.

OTTM: My recovery from groin strain is coming along slowly. I went to the gym yesterday and did some upper body stuff, feel ok today.

I’m also watching Barry.

Are me and Bloggie the same person?

Ass Creed Odd. Took down a cultist. He was easy. Had to run and hide from all his bodyguards and a bounty hunter before I could confirm the kill though. Stupid auto aim suddenly switching at the last moment meant I assassinated the wrong person to start with though. Mad scramble afterwards.

I then went after another cultist who completely took me apart.

I went to the dentist this morning and noticed loads of flowers tied to a lamppost outside the front door and so I asked what happened. Turns out last week someone got hit by a tram and died there. With this and the murder mum in the news I declare Sheffield the City of Death.

I've got to go to Union St. today. This I am not looking forward to.

scubar knows the score.

Is that where they hang out? Thanks for the tip.

Do I get a discount if I mention your name?

Good morning,

I now own a phone that hasn't seen the inside of the bog (so far) and am ready to chat again more frequently. You can stop now rubbing it in what a sausagefest it is when I'm not here and have something different for lunch. Or maybe not, it's up to you.

My Yodel experience went like this: through the tracking website I was informed that the driver had 77 deliveries to make and that I was number 62. Throughout the morning he positively tore through those deliveries and shortly after lunch was about 4 stops away from me. At the same time I could see that the phone case that I had ordered from Amazon was about to get delivered, too. So I positioned myself at the front door and took that delivery, then waited for a while for the Yodel to show up.

He didn't, and when I went back to the tracking website I could see that he was still two stops away and not moving.

Now, I'm obviously happy for any driver to take a break, so I kept an eye on the tracking whilst reading e.g. the comments to the politics live blog at The Other Place, including the last one of the day by alimantado. However, by now I was beginning to hear the call of mother nature getting louder and louder, but thought that I should wait for the delivery before answering it.

Eventually after about half an hour it indicated that my delivery was next. However, the Yodel van was quite a bit away and again not moving. Then suddenly the tracking dot disappeared completely. Had my new phone been deposited in a hedge? I rushed to the door anxiously and stood there for a while, watching the rain. When I returned to my laptop the van was again visible and was closer, but had clearly taken a detour. Then, finally, the driver rattled with the letterbox - hadn't been able to find the door bell - and I opened the door. He was an elderly bloke and before I could say anything he said "I need to come in" and pushed against me into the hall. That was a bit weird but, to be fair, it was raining slightly and I would have asked him to come in anyway. I was very keen to quickly sign for the delivery so that I could get to the loo. He on the other hand was in no rush. Whilst we went through the song and dance of signing for the parcel he kept on patting my shoulder and arm in what he might have thought to be an avuncular fashion but in reality seemed overly familiar. #MeToo. I haven't had that for a while, can't say I've missed it.

And this is how I got my new phone. Very chunky compared to the old one, but a great screen. The new case makes it look like a little purse, complete with a small inset mirror to powder my nose. And I even made it to the loo without dropping the phone into it.

Morning 'boxers. Yes my avatar is real, it's a me, Ricardo.
Games: Didn't play anything but did watch the Death Stranding trailer. F me, if that game plays as good as it looks I'll be happy. Kojima don't let me down.
TV: Sort of, watched The Planets on iplayer (not in 4k) then watched some of the Europa league on BT Sport's free youtube stream in 4K UHD. The BBC are really slacking with the 4K content.
OTTM: I won my division in tennis.

So that’s your actual face? I can see why the dating thing isn’t working out.